Category Archives: Zuma’s Bastard

Free Reading- The burqah chapter from Zuma’s Bastard

By Azad Essa | Published: April 19, 2011

Everybody’s talking about the burqah. And long before France managed to actually enforce law against it, Zuma’s Bastard chimed in with a satire to stir the debate. The chapter’s called Shape Without Drape and you…

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Zuma’s Bastard- A Chance to laugh at ourselves

By Azad Essa | Published: March 10, 2011

“What a wonderfully refreshing read” The Witness

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Time of the Writer 2011

By Azad Essa | Published: February 23, 2011
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I’ll be in Durban for this year’s edition of Time of the Writer International Writers Festival

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“The book is chutzpadik, refreshing and – at its core – deeply humanistic” Jewish Report

By Azad Essa | Published: January 27, 2011

“The book is chutzpadik, refreshing and – at its core – deeply humanistic” The Jewish Report

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The Big Issue reviews Zuma’s Bastard

By Azad Essa | Published: January 11, 2011
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If Essa represents the voice of the new, politically aware astute youth of South Africa, then the future looks very bright indeed. — Melany Bendix, The Big Issue.

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Karabo Kgoleng on her encounter with a Desktop Terrorist

By Azad Essa | Published: January 6, 2011
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‘ Azad’s concern for the downtrodden shines through what the defensive would call vitriol. I think he’s just saying, “Why do we continue to ignore the elephant that’s thrashing about in our living room?!” ‘ Karabo Kgoleng

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Zuma’s Bastard hits Al Jazeera Talk

By Azad Essa | Published: December 1, 2010

Thanks to Mishqa Rossier and Maisa Shadid for getting Zuma’s Bastard onto Al Jazeera Talk- I am coloured. Even better I am a coloured Muslim (or mozzie as I am more fondly called by Caucasian friends)…

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